Weather Records on 6 March 1985

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1985. Highest significance: Olinda #1 332, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1985

On 6 March 1985, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 421 daily.
Olinda #1 332 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 317.5 mm (12.5 in) on 6 March 1985.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 6 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mimosa Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville Ifg	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra City	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	164.4 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salt Springs Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broadview	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tabriz	Iran	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malinaltepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Gap	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baker City AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 6 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 6 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1985

Top 20 records on 6 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1985	Olinda #1 332, US	monthly rain	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1985	Iowa Hill, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1985	Downieville, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Colfax, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Tiger Creek Ph, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Caldwell, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Mosdene, ZA	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Manley Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Huntington, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Cagliari, IT	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Mimosa Park, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Placerville Ifg, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Urunga (Sunset Place), AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Sierra City, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Haleakala Rs 338, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Kasilof 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Minchumina, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1985	Wells, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1985. 1985 had 440 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1810	1
1811	1
1815	1
1816	1
1818	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	3
1862	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	3
1872	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	7
1896	8
1897	5
1898	11
1899	1
1900	3
1901	10
1902	4
1903	8
1904	3
1905	2
1906	19
1907	3
1908	22
1909	26
1910	80
1911	15
1912	38
1913	84
1914	29
1915	44
1916	51
1917	47
1918	151
1919	86
1920	166
1921	179
1922	72
1923	75
1924	113
1925	229
1926	141
1927	114
1928	84
1929	141
1930	117
1931	470
1932	547
1933	212
1934	317
1935	465
1936	127
1937	514
1938	188
1939	493
1940	246
1941	273
1942	432
1943	1,090
1944	626
1945	829
1946	747
1947	573
1948	718
1949	349
1950	554
1951	1,008
1952	222
1953	214
1954	344
1955	612
1956	1,250
1957	497
1958	549
1959	718
1960	1,563
1961	1,031
1962	708
1963	464
1964	398
1965	511
1966	304
1967	681
1968	717
1969	404
1970	404
1971	806
1972	1,195
1973	779
1974	976
1975	469
1976	702
1977	636
1978	884
1979	1,114
1980	438
1981	760
1982	494
1983	2,157
1984	603
1985	440
1986	729
1987	1,773
1988	833
1989	1,913
1990	1,116
1991	1,040
1992	1,125
1993	525
1994	681
1995	1,418
1996	1,112
1997	1,041
1998	1,320
1999	702
2000	1,546
2001	970
2002	893
2003	856
2004	1,253
2005	1,194
2006	678
2007	997
2008	784
2009	1,086
2010	958
2011	689
2012	490
2013	862
2014	954
2015	1,836
2016	1,065
2017	962
2018	594
2019	1,309
2020	1,021
2021	247
2022	1,045
2023	863
2024	538
2025	1,223
2026	1,123

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Data for records on 1985-03-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	288
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2